Ward Bond
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Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) was an American film character actor whose rugged appearance and easygoing charm were featured in more than 200 films, as well as in the NBC television series Wagon Train from 1957 to 1961. Among his best-remembered roles are Bert the cop in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and Captain Clayton in John Ford's The Searchers (1956).
Known for
Credits
Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Tom the Yankee Captain
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
as Bert
The Searchers (1956)
as Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton
Rio Bravo (1959)
as Pat Wheeler
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
as Det. Tom Polhaus
The Quiet Man (1952)
as Father Peter Lonergan
3 Godfathers (1948)
as Perley 'Buck' Sweet
Fort Apache (1948)
as Sgt. Maj. Michael O'Rourke
It Happened One Night (1934)
as Bus Driver (uncredited)
Sergeant York (1941)
as Ike Botkin
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
as Policeman
Hondo (1953)
as Buffalo Baker
Johnny Guitar (1954)
as John McIvers
Unconquered (1947)
as John Fraser
My Darling Clementine (1946)
as Morgan Earp
'G' Men (1935)
as Gunman at Train Station (uncredited)
Dead End (1937)
as Doorman
They Were Expendable (1945)
as "Boats" Mulcahey, Chief Boatswain's Mate
Tap Roots (1948)
as Hoab Dabney
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
as Gendarme at Gate (uncredited)
Joan of Arc (1948)
as La Hire
Mister Roberts (1955)
as Dowdy
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
as Mike (uncredited)
Fury (1936)
as Man (uncredited)
Wagon Master (1950)
as Elder Wiggs
Only the Valiant (1951)
as Cpl. Timothy Gilchrist
Tall in the Saddle (1944)
as 'Judge' Robert Garvey
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
as Adam Hartman
Hellgate (1952)
as Lt. Tod Voorhees
Topper (1937)
as Eddie (uncredited)
A Man Alone (1955)
as Sheriff Gil Corrigan
The Mortal Storm (1940)
as Franz
Directed by John Ford (1971)
as (archive footage)
Dodge City (1939)
as Bud Taylor
The Fugitive (1947)
as James Calvert, aka 'El Gringo'
Arrowsmith (1931)
as Cop (uncredited)
The Big Trail (1930)
as Sid Bascom (uncredited)
Union Pacific (1939)
as Tracklayer (uncredited)
After the Thin Man (1936)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Townley
Noah's Ark (1928)
as Flood Extra (uncredited)
Operation Pacific (1951)
as John "Pop" Perry
The Informer (1935)
as Man (uncredited)
Sob Sister (1931)
as Ward, a Cop (uncredited)
Tobacco Road (1941)
as Lov Bensey
On Dangerous Ground (1951)
as Walter Brent
Blowing Wild (1953)
as Dutch Peterson
Of Human Hearts (1938)
as Lout Laughing in Church (uncredited)
Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
as Red the Brakeman (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
as John Palmer Cass
The Wings of Eagles (1957)
as John Dodge
Lady for a Day (1933)
as Mounted Policeman (uncredited)
Canyon Passage (1946)
as Honey Bragg
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
as American Legionnaire (uncredited)
The Long Gray Line (1955)
as Captain Herman Kohler
Alias Jesse James (1959)
as Major Seth Adams (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
as John L. Sullivan
Swamp Water (1941)
as Tim Dorson
A Guy Named Joe (1944)
as Al Yackey
Heroes for Sale (1933)
as Red (uncredited)
The Man Who Lived Twice (1936)
as Gloves Baker
The Long Voyage Home (1940)
as Yank
China Doll (1958)
as Father Cairns
You Only Live Once (1937)
as Casey - Guard (uncredited)
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
as Wash Gibbs
Woman-Wise (1937)
as Kramer (uncredited)
Careless Lady (1932)
as Cop in Raid
Made for Each Other (1939)
as Jim Hatton (uncredited)
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
as Mongol Guard (uncredited)
Dakota (1945)
as Jim Bender
Going Places (1938)
as Clarence - a Policeman
Pillars of the Sky (1956)
as Dr. Joseph Holden
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
as Tug
The Singing Marine (1937)
as First Sergeant (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
as Moose Malloy (Uncredited)
Chained (1934)
as Ship Steward (uncredited)
Over the Hill (1931)
as Detective Escort (uncredited)
Singing Guns (1950)
as Sheriff Jim Caradac
Broadway Bill (1934)
as Morgan's Henchman (uncredited)
Muss 'em Up (1936)
as John Doe, a Gangster
Salute (1929)
as Midshipman Harold
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
as Wes Handley
The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
as Tartar Guard (Uncredited)
Thunderbirds (1952)
as Lt. John McCreery
Manpower (1941)
as Eddie Adams
Night Key (1937)
as Fingers
Fugitives for a Night (1938)
as Gambler in Fake Fight
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
City for Conquest (1940)
as First Policeman (uncredited)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
as Murmex of Carthage, a Gladiator (uncredited)
They Met in a Taxi (1936)
as Policeman
Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
as Sailor Sam - Wrestler
So This Is College (1929)
as USC Player - #30 (uncredited)
Souls at Sea (1937)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Death on the Diamond (1934)
as Security Guard in Kelly's Room (uncredited)
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
as Inspector Charles Weber
Virginia City (1940)
as Confederate Sergeant Checking Passengers (uncredited)
Riding High (1950)
as Lee
Air Mail (1932)
as Joe Barnes (uncredited)
Hello Trouble (1932)
as Heavy Kennedy
Prison Break (1938)
as Big Red Kincaid
Virtue (1932)
as Frank
We're Only Human (1935)
as Bank Robber
Whirlpool (1934)
as Farley
The Westland Case (1937)
as Connors - Death-Row Inmate
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
as Jimmy
Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)
as Biff Moran
White Fang (1936)
as Thief (uncredited)
The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
as Palace Guard Finding Cellini's Clothes (uncredited)
Girl in Danger (1934)
as Wynkoski
College Coach (1933)
as Assistant Coach (uncredited)
Doctors Don't Tell (1941)
as Barney Millen
I Found Stella Parish (1935)
as Roman Soldier in Play (uncredited)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
as Police Officer (uncredited)
The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936)
as Tex
Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
as Sharkey
The Defense Rests (1934)
as Hood
Words and Music (1929)
as Ward
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000)
as (archive footage)
Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
as First Thug on Train (uncredited)
Kit Carson (1940)
as Ape
Hold 'Em Jail (1932)
as Football Player (uncredited)
Mary Jane's Pa (1935)
as Roughneck Leader
They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
as Lenihan
Straightaway (1933)
as Hobo
Here Comes the Groom (1934)
as Second Cop
Lucky Devils (1933)
as Crewman (uncredited)
Sundown Rider (1932)
as Gabe Powers - Henchman
The Circus Clown (1934)
as Spectator
The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)
as John L. Sullivan (archive footage)
The Girl from Mexico (1939)
as Mexican Pete
3 Kids and a Queen (1935)
as Relative
Black Fury (1935)
as Mac - Company Policeman
Up the River (1930)
as Inmate Socked by Saint Louis (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
as MP (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
as Sheriff Edmunds
Sin Town (1942)
as Rock Delaney
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939)
as Hunk
Go Into Your Dance (1935)
as Herman Lahey
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
as Sgt. Scully
Penitentiary (1938)
as Red Parsons - Prison Barber (uncredited)
The Halliday Brand (1957)
as Big Dan Halliday
Submarine Patrol (1938)
as Seaman Olaf Swanson
Dakota Incident (1956)
as Sen. Blakely
The Spider (1931)
as Cop (uncredited)
The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932)
as Johnson (uncredited)
The Law West of Tombstone (1938)
as Mulligan P. Martinez
Frontier Marshal (1939)
as Town Marshal
The Fighting Sullivans (1944)
as Lt. Cmdr. Robinson
I'll Tell the World (1934)
as Dirigible Officer
The Moonlighter (1953)
as Cole Gardner
Boulder Dam (1936)
as Pa's Guest (uncredited)
Over the Wall (1938)
as Eddie Edwards
A Man Betrayed (1941)
as Floyd, Amato's Goon
Without Orders (1936)
as Tim Casey
Two in the Dark (1936)
as Policeman (uncredited)
High Speed (1932)
as Ham
The Bride Walks Out (1936)
as Taxi Driver(uncredited)
Born to Be Wild (1938)
as Bill Purvis
Speed Wings (1934)
as Henchman (uncredited)
The Time of Your Life (1948)
as McCarthy
The Wrecker (1933)
as Cramer
Fight for Your Lady (1937)
as Walton (uncredited)
The Brat (1931)
as Court Policeman (uncredited)
Legion of Terror (1936)
as Don Foster
Bullfighter and the Lady (1951)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Flesh (1932)
as Muscles Manning (uncredited)
Cheer Up and Smile (1930)
as Boy at Sweetheart Dance (uncredited)
Music for Madame (1937)
as Violets (Uncredited)
One New York Night (1935)
as Policeman
Hitler- Dead or Alive (1942)
as Steve Maschick
Marry the Girl (1937)
as Motorcycle cop
Hawaii Calls (1938)
as Muller
The Great Missouri Raid (1951)
as Maj. Marshal Trowbridge
The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Murder in the Fleet (1935)
as 'Heavy' Johnson (Uncredited)
Colleen (1936)
as Sweeney (uncredited)
Professor Beware (1938)
as Motorcycle Cop
White Eagle (1932)
as Bart - Henchman
Reformatory (1938)
as Mac Grady
The Big Game (1936)
as Gambler
The Poor Rich (1934)
as Motor Cop
Gypsy Colt (1954)
as Frank MacWade
Son of a Sailor (1933)
as Joe
Know For Sure (1941)
as patient
Maker of Men (1931)
as Football Player Pat (uncredited)
Little Old New York (1940)
as Regan
Crash Donovan (1936)
as The Drill Master
Strangers All (1935)
as Ward, Assistant Director on Film Set
Second Wife (1936)
as 1st Partner Politician (uncredited)
Escape by Night (1937)
as Peter 'Spudsy' Baker
The Accusing Finger (1936)
as Recreation Room Guard
Calm Yourself (1935)
as Detective with Roscoe (uncredited)
Broadway Hostess (1935)
as Lucky's Henchman (uncredited)
High Tension (1936)
as Husky Man
They Came to Blow Up America (1943)
as FBI Chief Craig
Most Precious Thing in Life (1934)
as Head Coach Smith
Too Tough to Kill (1935)
as Danny
Born Reckless (1930)
as Sergeant
A Fight to the Finish (1937)
as Eddie Hawkins
Waterfront (1939)
as Mart Hendler
Conflict (1936)
as Gus 'Knockout' Carrigan
Hitch Hike Lady (1935)
as Motorcycle cop
Justice of the Range (1935)
as Bob Brennan
Men of the Night (1934)
as Det. John Connors
Obey the Law (1933)
as Kid Paris
His Night Out (1935)
as Lanky
Little Big Shot (1935)
as Kell's Henchman
The Western: A Lost TV Special (1958)
as Self
Voice in the Night (1934)
as Bob Hall
The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934)
as Jack Baker
Three Girls Lost (1931)
as Airline Steward (uncredited)
Rackety Rax (1932)
as 'Brick' Gilligan
The Kid from Kokomo (1939)
as Ladislaw Klewicki
The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936)
as Newsstand Customer
The Return of the Cisco Kid (1939)
as Accused Rustler (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
as First Outlaw
The Crimson Trail (1935)
as Luke Long
Under Pressure (1935)
as Prize Fighter (uncredited)
The Game That Kills (1937)
as Tom Ferguson
Sailor's Lady (1940)
as Shore Patrolman (uncredited)
State Trooper (1933)
as Undetermined Role
That's My Boy (1932)
as Curley Decker
John Wayne-A Life on Film (2000)
as Self (archive footage)
The McGurk Way (1952)
as Dan McGurk 4th
Unknown Valley (1933)
as Elder Snead
Devil's Playground (1937)
as Sidecar Wilson
Sins of the Fathers (1948)
Actor
Home in Indiana (1944)
as Jed Bruce
Avenging Waters (1936)
as Marve Slater
Flight Into Nowhere (1938)
Actor
Times Square Lady (1935)
as Dugan - Hockey Player (uncredited)
The Human Side (1934)
as Cop
Park Avenue Logger (1937)
as Paul Sangar
Fatal Lady (1936)
as American Stage Manager (uncredited)
The Colter Craven Story (1960)
Actor
Trouble in Sundown (1939)
as Henchman Dusty
Waterfront Lady (1935)
as Jess
When's Your Birthday? (1937)
as Police Detective (uncredited)
The Kid Comes Back (1938)
as Spike
The Red, White and Blue Line (1955)
as Narrator
Grand Old Girl (1935)
as Mr. Clark - Football Coach
23 1/2 Hours Leave (1937)
as Top Sgt. Burke
The Fighting Ranger (1934)
as Dave, Cougar Henchman
School for Romance (1934)
as Husband
Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)
as Instructor
The Headline Woman (1935)
as Johnson
Police Car 17 (1933)
as Bumps O'Neill
The Bob Mathias Story (1954)
as Coach Virgil Jackson
Numbered Woman (1938)
as Detective
The Wildcatter (1937)
as Johnson
The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939)
as Walton
6 Day Bike Rider (1934)
as First Officer (uncredited)
The Lone Star Ranger (1930)
as Townsman at the Dance (uncredited)
Guard That Girl (1935)
as Budge Edwards
Mountain Music (1937)
as G-Man (uncredited)
Quick Millions (1931)
as Cop in montage (uncredited)
Bachelor's Affairs (1932)
as Cop (uncredited)
Against the Law (1934)
as Tony Rizzo
The Growler Story (1957)
as Quincannon
She Gets Her Man (1935)
as Chick
The First Baby (1936)
as Tough Guy
A Man's Game (1934)
as Dave Jordon
Fighting Shadows (1935)
as Brad Harrison
Frontier Marshal (1934)
as Ben Murchison
Gun Law (1938)
as Henchman Pecos
The Fighting Code (1933)
as Joe Krull
Pardon Our Nerve (1939)
as Kid Ramsey
The Cattle Thief (1936)
as Ranse Willard
When Strangers Marry (1933)
as Billy McGuire
Western Courage (1935)
as Lacrosse
Pride of the Marines (1936)
as Gunner Brady